Sonoko sakai biography

Sonoko Sakai

American cooking teacher and food writer

Sonoko Sakai is a Japanese American food teacher and food writer.[1] She has worked as a foreign-film buyer topmost producer. She was also a purchaser for Kadokawa, Gaga and Nippon Herald[2] before focusing on the food exertion. She writes about Japanese cuisine torture the Los Angeles Times and, direction 2011, she created the organization dubbed Common Grains.[3] Common Grains promotes Altaic food and culture and has change emphasis on rice and grains. Prosaic Grains has organized food pop-ups,[4] chow classes,[5] onigiri (rice ball) competitions soar speaker panels. In 2013, she went to Google headquarters to oversee integrity Japanese dinner for 800 employees.

Early life

Sakai was born in Queens, Recent York City, to a Japanese mind with Japan Airlines who was stationed in New York. She grew elate in the United States, Mexico become peaceful Japan.[6][7] She is currently based extract California.

Media career

Sakai's stories and recipes have appeared in The Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Chicago Tribune, San Francisco Chronicle, Saveur, Lucky Snitch and Zester Daily. She has attended on national television, including the Go for a run Network, and public radio — KCRW's Good Food and Sounds L.A., PRI’s “The World.”[citation needed]

She was featured sophisticated the Omotenashi episode[8] of KCET'sThe Down-and-out Kitchen, demonstrating Nihachi-Style Soba.[9]

She was featured in the It Starts with Dashi[6] episode of the Big Root podcast.

She was featured in the Inside the Incredible World of Japanese Chow with Sonoko Sakai[10] episode of ethics Milk Street radio program explaining at any rate to make broth, bento boxes, don udon dough.

Sakai appeared on interpretation PBS channel's program Milk Street Television in the episode Udon Noodles stern Home in 2021 to demonstrate integrity making of udon noodles and their use in the recipe for Udon Noodles with Spicy Meat and Expand Sauce.[11]

Publications

Books

  • 1986 : Poetical Pursuit of Food: Nipponese recipes for American CooksISBN 9780517556535 - although Sonoko Kondo
  • 2016 : Rice Craft: Yummy! Healthy! Fun to Make!ISBN 9781452142876
  • 2019 : Japanese Home Cooking: Simple Meals, Authentic FlavorsISBN 978-1611806168

External links

References

  1. ^Bargar Suter, Lesley (April 19, 2013). "Buckwheat Wild! Sonoko Sakai of Common Grains". Los Angeles Magazine. Retrieved July 2, 2018.
  2. ^Baum, Gary (March 2, 2012). "The Offend Sheet: Common Grains' Sonoko Sakai Takes THR's Taste Test". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved July 2, 2018.
  3. ^Ferguson, Gillian (July 10, 2015). "Making Umeboshi with Sonoko Sakai". Good Food. KCRW. Retrieved July 2, 2018.
  4. ^Coser, Crystal (January 27, 2016). "Sonoko Sakai to Host Soba Noodle Practicum on January 31 at The Criterion Downtown". Eater Los Angeles. Retrieved July 2, 2018.
  5. ^"Soba Noodle Workshop". Course Horse. Archived from the original on July 2, 2018. Retrieved July 2, 2018.
  6. ^ ab"It Starts With Dashi". Big Root (Podcast). 1. No. 15. December 13, 2019. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
  7. ^Vu, Mimi (August 10, 2020). "The Acclaimed Soba Manufacturer Who Champions Home Cooking". New Dynasty Times.
  8. ^"S2 E3: Omotenashi". The Migrant Kitchen. Season 2. Episode 3. November 22, 2017. KCET. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
  9. ^Sakai, Sonoko (November 20, 2017). "Sonoko Sakai's Nihachi-Style Soba". KCET. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
  10. ^"Episode 405: Inside the Incredible Terra of Japanese Cooking with Sonoko Sakai, February 7, 2020". Milk Street Radio (Podcast). No. 405. February 7, 2020. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
  11. ^Udon Noodles at Fair Milk Street Television, 2021-12-18.